Toy pistol.



PATENTED AUG 16, 1904.

a. A. BROOKS. 'TOY PISTOL. APPLXUATXOI I'll-ID I81: 3. an ID IODXL Umrnn STATES Patented August. 1.6, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ROSFO'E A. B'RQOKS, OF CHICAGO, lLLlNOlS.

TOY PISTOL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NCL-TSTfiBO, dated August 16, 1904.

Application sud-1m 3, mos. Serial 25. 159,339. on man.

To all who it may concern:

Bo it k-nown that l. Roscoe A. BROOK a citizen of-lhc L'nitcd Statesof Amcricmzmda resident of ('hivngo. in the county of Cook and Stutcof lllinnis, have invented certain neutand useful hnprovemcnts in Toy Pistolsmf'which the following is a specification.

- 'lhc mnin object of my invention is to proride a simple and inexpensive form of toy in be safely discharged.

which firecrackers of the common form may I accomplish this objcct by the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toy pistol constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the same on the line 3 3 of will be observed that it will move across the rear end of the barrel by gravity, thus insuring the closing of the barrel. forms a part of the lug 7 on the barrel 1 and is integral with said barrel. The pivot 6 is preferably made longer than the thickness of the block 5. and has a shoulder 6' at its free end, which bears on the outer face of the block 5 and normally holds same in position on the pivot. The block 5 is provided with an apermm 8, fitting the pivot 6 and suitably extended at one side to permit the passage of the shoulder? when the block 5 is being placed upon the pivot 6. The block 5 is provided with an extension 9, which is adapted to enter the re ccss 10 in the handle 4 and secure the block 5 lirmly when same is in its closed position across the aperture 2. A channel 11 is cut transversely across the rear'end of the barrel 1 and forms a passage for the fuse of a fire cracker seated in the bore 2. In the draw- 5 ings the lire-cracker is indicated by the dotted The pivot 6' circle 12 and the fuse by the dotted lines 13 in Fig. 3.

T he parts of the device are of such form that they may be cast complete and assembled without machine-work of any kind, making the device inexpensive to manufacture.

In operation the parts are assembled by passing the block 5 over the pivot when said block is held in the position shown by dotted linesin Fig. 3. The part5 mnythcn be turned to any of the positions shown by full lines in the dmwings and will be secured to the barrel 1 by the pivot 6. To load the pistol, the

block 5 is moved to the position shown in Fig. 3 and a tirecraeker is inserted into the. rear end of the aperture 2. bent over so as to extend along the channel 11, and the block 5 is movcd'across the aperture until the extension 9 issent-ed in the recess 10. \i'hen the fuse is now lighted, the lire-cracker will be discharged within the barrel and in a safe manner, since the block 5securely closes the rear end of the aperture 2 and prevents parts of the fire-cracker from flying rearwardly.

It will be seen that some of the details of the constructionshown may be altered without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I therefore do not confine myself to such detailsexccptas hereinafter limited in the claim. What Iclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A pistol comprising a. barrel, a lug formed integral with the upper side thereof and having its rear face flush with the rear end of the barrel, 2: rearwardly-projecting' pivot secured to said lug, a handle formed integral with the under side of the barrel, and extending rearwardly therefrom, said handle being formed in its upper face with a. recess, and a breechblock mounted on said pivot, said block being adapted to move across the rear end of said barrel, and an extension on the lower end of said block normally received in the recess of said handle.

Signed at Chicago this 1st day of June, 1903.

ROSCOE A. BROOKS.

Witnesses;

in. R. RUMMLER, RUDow Rmumnn.

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